Word · Frequency #1724
prospect
勘探；探矿
to search for gold, minerals, or other valuable deposits in the ground
- 1.
To search, as for gold.
勘探(如黄金)
- 2.
To determine which minerals or metals are present in a location.
勘探矿物或金属
勘探(如黄金)；勘探矿物或金属；勘探；勘察；有前途
In use
The company is prospecting for gold in the remote mountains.
Geologists prospect for oil using advanced technology.
They prospected the entire valley but found no minerals.
Verb forms
base prospect · third person prospects · -ing prospecting · past prospected · past participle prospected
动词，表示勘探、勘察。通常用于寻找矿产或资源。
Connections
Collocations
- prospect for gold
- 勘探黄金；寻找金矿
- The miners went to the mountains to prospect for gold.矿工们去山里勘探黄金。
- prospect for oil
- 勘探石油
- The company plans to prospect for oil in the desert.公司计划在沙漠里勘探石油。
- prospect for minerals
- 勘探矿物
- They used advanced equipment to prospect for minerals.他们用先进设备勘探矿物。
- go prospecting
- 去探矿；去勘探
- He went prospecting in the hills last summer.去年夏天他去山里探矿了。
- prospect the region
- 勘探该地区
- A team was sent to prospect the region for rare metals.一个团队被派去该地区勘探稀有金属。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pro（向前）+spect（看），向前方大地看，寻找矿藏——勘探。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：mining exploration、geological surveys 作动词时，多用于矿业、地质勘探等专业场合，指寻找或探查矿藏；在日常随意口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
作动词时，常与 for 连用表示“勘探”；也可单独使用表示“有前途”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词中，inspect、respect、expect、suspect（动词）都以重读的 /spɛkt/ 结尾，彼此押韵；但 prospect 的重音在第一个音节（/ˈprɑspɛkt/），所以它们跟 prospect 并不押韵，只能算是拼写上的形近词。aspect 和 retrospect 与 prospect 一样重音在前，但元音不同（/æ/、/ɛ/ 对 /ɑ/），也不是真正的押韵。注意不要只看 -spect 拼写就以为发音相同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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